Half a year ago, Google purchased Divide, a security-focused startup that isn't exactly a household name in the consumer space. The company appealed to enterprise clients by separating personal data from work-related stuff using containers. The acquisition, we figured, came as part of Google's efforts to make Android a better option for corporate users that have traditionally acted squeamish towards the mobile OS.

Now we're seeing at least one byproduct of that arrangement. Google has released the Divide Productivity Preview into the Play Store, an app that can only be used as part of the Android IT Preview Program. The suite serves as a gateway to a company's existing corporate Exchange/ActiveSync or Notes-compatible infrastructure. It includes apps for managing calendar, contacts, downloads, mail, and tasks. All of them should fit right in on an Android Lollipop device thanks to a clean Material look.

Access is currently restricted to invited users only. If you're an IT manager interested in getting your workplace hooked up with this, Google has a place where you can sign up.

Really? Wow!
I never got the thing with week numbers. Could you please tell me? No, honestly, I'm curious, I've never had somebody tell me they actually use this feature, in any calendar, paper or digital, like, ever. What good is knowing this is, I don't know, week 33 of the year instead of 34?

Imparus

I use it a lot like everyone else around me, especially for stuff that have to do with Uni. We run 7 week schedule, so when the professor lay out a plan with milestone, rapport or just standard assignment they will use weeks, same for what the lectures will be for each week. Then there are exams periods from x week to y week, or the week number for when a new semester starts. For personal stuff weeks number are important for planning holidays trip with friends or family, where you often need a lot of coordination to make it work.

Ooohh interesting - in Brazil we never organize ourselves that way, including university and family trip planning.. It's always precise dates. But it indeed looks like a good idea. Thanks for clearing that up for me :)

Jan

I'm sure corporate users will love the shitty dumbed down fluff that is material design.

Christopher Bement

Because they prefer complicated and erratic, right?

usaff22

> shitty dumbed down fluff

Yknow, like, your brain.

Sam

Those 4 apps <3

Deeco

What has happened to the Integrated Cooperate apps thingy majiggy that was talked about in the io?

Fatal1ty_93_RUS

Please don't tell me this app has yet another version of the hamburger menu

Kesey

I'd do anything to get rid of Good for Enterprise. With BYOD policies becoming the norm, companies need OS agnostic options. Will this be available cross-platform? There's no way my employer is going with something that's Android only though.